Maricopa Community Colleges  AGL189   20006-99999 

Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  06/27/00  

AGL189      20006-99999

L+L

3 Credit(s)

6 Period(s)

Landscape Design I

Beginning landscape design with emphasis on developing drawing and drafting skills needed to create freehand drawings, landscape graphics, detail views, symbols, legends, lettering specifications and drafting standards. Introduction to basic principles of landscape design. Prerequisites: None.

 

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

 

AGL189   20006-99999

Landscape Design I

 

1.

Identify and use drafting equipment. (I)

2.

Develop and use a professional lettering style. (II)

3.

Develop and apply freehand sketching techniques. (III)

4.

Use templates to develop symbol graphics. (IV)

5.

Determine the proper scale to use in drawing a landscape design. (VI)

6.

Determine the information needed to develop a plot plan, including local codes and ordinances. (VII)

7.

Describe the use of simple landscape compliments. (VIII)

8.

Identify and use graphics for plants. (VIII)

9.

Write a set so specifications for a landscape design. (IX)

10.

Develop and draw the necessary information on the legend. (X)

11.

Prepare working drawing for a lanscape, ready for bluelining, and including plat plan, legend, and title. (XI)

12.

Use basic design principles to develop a complete residential landscape plan. (XII)

 

 

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

 

AGL189   20006-99999

Landscape Design I

 

 

I. Drafting Tools

A. T-square, horizontal bar or machine

1. HB, H & 2H pencils or lead--border

2. Visible & hidden line widths

B. Weight value for blueprints

C. Equal lines or areas

D. Determine scale to design

II. Professional lettering style

III. Freehand sketching techniques

A. Freehand lines and circles

B. Freehand landscape graphics

IV. Commercial templates

A. Graphics for shrubs, trees, and ground covers

B. Graphics for hardscapes

V. Landscape drawing

A. Plot plans

B. Freehand sketch of the plot plan

VI. Scale drawing of structures

VII. City Codes on Landscape Construction

VIII. Detail Drawings and Consruction Operations

A. Tree planting

B. Shrub planting

C. Boulder placement

D. Brick headers

E. Concrete mow strip

IX. Design Specifications

X. Plant Material Graphics

A. Legend

B. Order of installation

XI. Landscape Design for Blueprints

A. Plot Plan

B. Legend

C. Title block

XII. Development of Landscape Designs

A. Design principles

B. Form, composition and function

C. Functional diagram

 

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